as in perhaps
it is possible
maybe we can make it to the concert, if we hurry
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Recent Examples of maybe
So maybe the film is your rearview mirror?
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David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Can’t Tamra recognize that maybe this is the turning point?
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
But maybe the most mysterious thing about Halloweentown is how director Duwayne Dunham made the jump from David Lynch films (as an editor of Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart) to Disney.
—Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
Perhaps the lack of a musical artist played a part, or maybe fans expected the game to be available via stream or TV, but there were plenty of open seats in Allen Fieldhouse on Friday.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
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David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Can’t Tamra recognize that maybe this is the turning point?
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
But maybe the most mysterious thing about Halloweentown is how director Duwayne Dunham made the jump from David Lynch films (as an editor of Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart) to Disney.
—Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
Perhaps the lack of a musical artist played a part, or maybe fans expected the game to be available via stream or TV, but there were plenty of open seats in Allen Fieldhouse on Friday.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maybe
Adverb
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And perhaps gets a certain Heisenberg off its case.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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How did one moped — perhaps a light-bodied Eighties-era Mobylette, which Le Grand recalls seeing in the young men’s apartment — carry two adult men and a 300-pound marble bust through the streets of Paris?—
David Kushner,
Rolling Stone,
20 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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But when Snell threw a first-pitch fastball down the middle, the game and possibly the Series changed.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The only meeting that could possibly eclipse the Xi summit would be an impromptu reunion with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Louisville would probably look quite different if the founder of Brown-Forman never became the first whiskey maker to bottle and seal his liquor.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Sports betting is probably as old as sports itself.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Maybe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maybe. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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